Ex-employee at firm that produced flammable insulation on Grenfell Tower says she wrote ‘WTF’ on fire test report when she first saw it Debbie Berger, former product manager at Celotex, scribbled acronym on report She used it as ‘expression of shock’ when she realised additional materials used Firm used second system pass to erroneously market … Read more
Ex employee at firm that produced flammable insulation on Grenfell Tower admitted firm was ‘dishonest’ by ‘overengineering’ fire safety test to achieve pass Jonathan Roper worked as an assistant product manager for the firm Celotex Said firm ‘dishonest’ by ‘overengineering’ cladding fire safety test to get a pass Firm used second system pass to erroneously … Read more
Aviation’s impact on global warming has doubled in the past two decades, according to a new study. Using computer models, researchers found flying is responsible for about 3.5 percent of humanity’s contribution to climate change, and two-thirds of that is from contrails and other non-CO2 emissions. The team calculates that between 1940 and 2018, the … Read more
A League Of Their Own will be adapted into Amazon series starring and produced by Abbi Jacobson By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 23:53 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 23:53 BST, 6 August 2020 The 1992 classic baseball film A League of Their Own will be adapted into an Amazon series featuring Abbi … Read more
Novavax Inc announced its experimental vaccine produced a promising immune response against the novel coronavirus, according to early data from clinical trials. The Maryland-based company said participants generated high levels of neutralizing antibodies and T-cells, both of which are needed to build up immunity. What’s more, the levels were higher than those seen among patients … Read more
White Dwarfs, the dead remnants of a Sun-like star, are responsible for most of the carbon in the Milky Way – the element essential for life as we know it, a study found. Astronomers from the US and UK including the University of Warwick, studied star clusters throughout the Milky Way to track down the … Read more
Cambridge University college that produced ‘reputation-laundering paper for Huawei’ banked £200,000 from the Chinese state and £155,000 from the telecoms giant In February, Jesus College published ‘white paper’ which described Huawei favourably and also spoke of need to accept differing standards in countries Huawei was accused of ‘reputation laundering’ for bankrolling the research It was … Read more
A shocking 52.7 million tons (53.6 million metric tonnes) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019 – less than a fifth of which was recycled, according to UN report. Electronic waste, also known as e-waste, consists of discarded phones, printers, TVs, electric toothbrushes and many other electronic goods no longer in use. 2019’s e-waste … Read more
Antibodies from an unusual animal could help scientists develop a treatment against the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests. Researchers found two copies of an immune protein produced by llamas can create a new antibody that binds tightly to part of the surface of the new virus. This part, called a spike protein, is what … Read more
Saturday Night Live set for surprise return to air this week with ‘remotely produced content’ By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 21:00 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 21:00 BST, 9 April 2020 Saturday Night Live is set for a surprise return to the air this weekend. The sketch comedy show ‘will start airing original … Read more